Is it possible to assign multiple resources to a shop order operation?
Example: A Shop order operation is routed to Work Center “X”.
Work Center X is made up of machine resources X01, X02, X03, X04.
A small order will run on X01 only while a large order will utilize all 4 machines. Can X01,X02,X03, and X04 all be assigned to one shop order operation?
An attempt was made to manage it with multiple work centers where X1 represents 1 machine, and X4 represents all 4 machines, but this skews capacity views when a resource is assigned to multiple work centers.
Best answer by Björn Hultgren
You cannot setup an operation to utilize multiple in the routing. However, on the shop order you can split an operation. So on a shop order with Lot Size 100 pcs you can split the operation into two operations scheduled on several resources for 50 pcs each.
Maybe you can try adding a customer field on the routing defining the number of resources and then have an event that automatically performs the split on the shop order.
I also encourage you to add a request to be able to split an operation on multiple resources already on the routing in the Idea section of the community!
You cannot setup an operation to utilize multiple in the routing. However, on the shop order you can split an operation. So on a shop order with Lot Size 100 pcs you can split the operation into two operations scheduled on several resources for 50 pcs each.
Maybe you can try adding a customer field on the routing defining the number of resources and then have an event that automatically performs the split on the shop order.
I also encourage you to add a request to be able to split an operation on multiple resources already on the routing in the Idea section of the community!
